Workstation 7 ERRORs: Could not open /dev/vmmon.... & grab/ungrab crusor

[Stan256]

OS: OpenSUSE 11.2 64bit

kernel: kernel-desktop-2.6.31.5-0.1.1

I just have installed the VMWare Workstation 7. Installation was successful - no errors, BUT:

1. On first start it's working, but the cursor focus is not transferred to the guest OS.

2. After restarting the computer, when starting the guest OS issues an error - "Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded."

What can I do about this?

[TobiasKracht]

su -

chkconfig -list vmware

The output displays the run levels assigned to vmware :

vmware 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off

Run the following commands:

chkconfig vmware 5

chkconfig -list vmware

The output appears, confirming the change to run level 5 only:

vmware 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off

Restart the host operating system.

StarWind Software R&D

[Stan256]

chkconfig vmware 5 - it's not working, same result - "vmware 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off"

I tried - chkconfig --level 23 vmware off and the result - "vmware 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off"

if run "chkconfig vmware 5" after "chkconfig --level 23 vmware off". than the initial result - "vmware 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off"

runlevel 5 does not turn off separately

And I do not quite understand the meaning of this act. Can you explain?

[TobiasKracht]

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1007454&sl...

StarWind Software R&D

http://www.starwindsoftware.com

[Stan256]

Strange situation - the runlevel has not changed, but the problem is resolved.

Thank you)

[ConstantinV]

Mark, olz, Tobias posts as useful or correct, if so.

StarWind Software Developer

[uy]

I can confirm that I encountered the same trouble and had been solved using this note. Thanks.

u.y.